On short notice I will be in Paris, France, for most of next week. This is a week when I would like to get some meterage in.
Can any one of you recommend a place to swim (yes, I want to spend an hour or two with my head in chlorine fumes instead of wandering around the Ille de Paris.)
Parisian suburbs would be OK, also.
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Originally posted by cinc310
...Is the I pronunce like a Y,...
My Romanian name 'Ion' is pronounced in English like if it was spelled 'Eon'.
The Romanian language is labeled as phonetical:
the way the alphabet is pronounced, that's the way that every letter in every word is pronounced;
no exceptions.
In the Romanian alphabet the letter 'I' is pronounced in English 'E', and the Romanian word 'Ion' (my name) is pronounced in English like if it was written as 'Eon'.
The English language is not phonetical:
.) think pronouncing differently 'flood' and 'food' in spite of the same spelling;
.) think pronouncing differently 'live' (from "I live in a house.") and 'live' (from "It was a live performance.") in spite of the same spelling;
.) think pronouncing 'i' in the word 'inside' differently than pronouncing 'i' in the English alphabet.
Most European languages are phonetical.
Originally posted by cinc310
...Is the I pronunce like a Y,...
My Romanian name 'Ion' is pronounced in English like if it was spelled 'Eon'.
The Romanian language is labeled as phonetical:
the way the alphabet is pronounced, that's the way that every letter in every word is pronounced;
no exceptions.
In the Romanian alphabet the letter 'I' is pronounced in English 'E', and the Romanian word 'Ion' (my name) is pronounced in English like if it was written as 'Eon'.
The English language is not phonetical:
.) think pronouncing differently 'flood' and 'food' in spite of the same spelling;
.) think pronouncing differently 'live' (from "I live in a house.") and 'live' (from "It was a live performance.") in spite of the same spelling;
.) think pronouncing 'i' in the word 'inside' differently than pronouncing 'i' in the English alphabet.
Most European languages are phonetical.
